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Visitors stroll along pavement of Chain of Craters Road as lava breaks out from inflating flow a few meters away. This site is very near that of large methane explosions shown in upper right image.
Developing lava toe from exactly same tripod setup and camera magnification. Note the grass stem in both images. Width of image, about 50 centimeters. Lava is pouring from break in crust of inflating flow (off top of image) and just touching flat, grassy surface. Note how wrinkles in crust are barely forming.
Two views of sheet flow spilling down front of Kohola flow near Chain of Craters Road. Wrinkles are starting to form as flow just touches flat surface and slows. Width of front of stream, about 40 centimeters.
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